The profile that meant the most to me in this weeks reading assignment is the profile of an English teacher, Ayodeji Ogunniyi, 24. I found this profile interesting, and inspiring because I am pursuing an education major. One of my favorite things I took from this profile is from page 172, "you can't put a price on that. And it keeps me going." I liked this quote because I can somewhat relate to it. From my field experiences I have already had numerous situations that give me the priceless feeling. "I wanted to continue to give more of what I had to these students." this quote was also important and relatable for me because the feeling of always wanting to pass down your knowledge on others is a feeling that can be so powerful and the way Ayodeji Ogunniyi handled it was inspiring.
One personal connection in this book so far is from the profile of Don Byles the funeral director. Just recently my uncle unexpectedly passed away and it was very difficult for my family to accept and understand. Throughout the whole process, we all noticed the way the funeral director took care of my aunt. It was a calming feeling knowing that she was in good hands going through the process of wake and funeral. Without the support or the ease of the funeral directors it would made a hard time even harder so for that we are thankful.
There wasn't much vocabulary that I noted in this weeks readings besides FMF which was answered in the story. FMF stands for Fleet Marine Force. A research question I asked in this profile is what percentage of the marine corps is female? The answer I got shocked me as it was at 8%. I found interesting that the marine corps has the lowest ratio of women in all military branches.
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Another research question I got was from the ink removal specialist profile, Dawn Maestas. I asked what education do you need to receive for laser tattoo removal? When I looked it up I found that they actually have a National Laser Institute which I found interesting.
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ReplyDeleteI think you might like Ink Masters a lot then but I'm not surprised by 8% statistic, men tend to do the more dangerous jobs.
ReplyDeleteHey Taylor.
ReplyDeleteI am not surprised that men do more dangerous jobs in the marines. I feel that there is still sexism going on in the world. There might be programs like #Stand up to Sexism, but society only can change if the people part of the communities change there beliefs. I feel that sexism is going to be an on going issue, and we can only change how we think to stop the spread.